A man is under arrest after his mother was found dead in her East Falls apartment on Wednesday morning. Police went to The Avenue at East Falls apartment complex on the 5400 block of Wissahickon Avenue around noon to perform a welfare check after other family members had not heard from her. They discovered 49-year-old Tammy Blount dead from stab wounds and blunt force trauma. Her son 27-year-old Malachi White was taken into custody. Police believe that Blount was killed on Monday and... Read More

Philadelphia Police are now investigating after a quadruple shooting sent four victims to the hospital. The shooting took place at around 9:35 pm on North 24th Street near Clifford Street. Police received calls about a shooting and shortly arrived on the scene to find one victim in a car on the way to Hahnemann University Hospital. Police took another victim to Temple University Hospital. A while later police were notified that two more victims arrived at Hahnemann with gunshot wounds to... Read More

The mother of a 4-year-old boy and her boyfriend have been accused of beating the child to death for spilling his cereal. The Montgomery County District Attorney's Office announced that 19-year-old Lisa Smith and 26-year-old Keiff King have been arrested and charged with aggravated assault, criminal attempted murder, endangering the welfare of a child, and other related charges. Abington Township Police responded to the home on the 1800 block of Lukens Avenue in Willow Grove shortly... Read More

Sports Illustrated released two covers of their magazine covering Super Bowl LII. One features New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady. The other features Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Nick Foles. Foles is described as the Ultimate Underdog, going from backup to playoff starter twice and now the big game. SI is also picking the Pats 27-16 over the Birds. Also, on Tuesday the Patriots chose to wear their white road jerseys. The Eagles will wear midnight green.Read More

The nearly 3-day federal government shutdown ended on Monday night when President Donald Trump signed a temporary funding bill that will keep operations afloat until Feb. 8. The impasse started on Saturday at midnight and lasted 69 hours. Democratic senators had hoped to use the shutdown as negotiating leverage for immigration legislation protecting the "dreamers" but they relented with assurances from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell that he would bring a proposal to the floor in... Read More

Police report that most Philadelphians were well enough behaved before and after Sunday's NFC Championship. There was quite a lot of partying and revelry in the streets all over the city after the Philadelphia Eagles clinched their bid to Super Bowl LII, but most celebrations were peaceful. However, there were six Eagles' related arrests on Sunday. Two were disorderly conduct arrests and three were for counterfeit tickets. One man is accused of striking a Pennsylvania State Police... Read More

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court threw out the current boundaries of the 18 congressional districts on Monday. Registered Democrats had filed a lawsuit last June saying that the districts, which were redrawn in 2010, were unconstitutionally gerrymandered to benefit Republicans. The court said that the map "clearly, plainly and palpably" violate the state's constitution and cannot be used for the 2018 elections. The Republican-controlled Legislature has to pass a replacement by February... Read More

Two men arguing led to gunfire in the early morning hours of Sunday, outside of a South Philadelphia movie theatre. The shooting took place at around 1 am on Sunday outside of the United Artist Riverview Plaza Stadium located on the 1400 block of South Christopher Columbus Boulevard. Police say the men arrived Warmdaddy's restaurant, next door to the theatre, they both pulled guns out at each other and opened fire. One of the men was critically injured and taken to Jefferson University... Read More

10s of thousands descended upon the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia for the 2nd Annual Women's March in support of a wide array of women's rights. The march was done in solidarity with similar demonstrations across the country. Marchers donned pink hats and others carried signs stating their cause or their opposition to current policy. Women's health, equal pay and workplace rights, the #MeToo movement against sexual misconduct, and denouncement of President Trump were hot... Read More

Police in Camden, NJ are searching for a 17-year-old male wanted in the shooting death of another 17-year-old last week. Damann Alford of Clementon is charged with 1st degree murder. It happened around 1:20 p.m. on January 8th at the intersection of 29th and Clinton Streets. Alford is described as an African American, brown eyes, black hair, 5' 10”, 160 lbs. He is considered armed and dangerous. If you have any information or know of his whereabouts call police.

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